MORE LIN HEROICS, THIS TIME IN FINAL SECOND

Jeremy Lin did it again, this time leading the Knicks back from 17 points down and hitting the winning three-pointer with five-tenths of a second left.

Lin’s run as the perfect point guard continued as the Knicks won for the sixth straight time, beating the Raptors, 90-87, on Tuesday night at Air Canada Centre. Lin had 27 points and a career-high 11 assists to improve to 5-0 since becoming a starter.

After Lin drilled the game-winner, Amar’e Stoudemire and Tyson Chandler stood and stared at each other for a few seconds before jumping up and down and hugging each other at midcourt. After Rasual Butler’s three at the buzzer was short at the horn, Jared Jeffries picked up Lin.

“I’m just glad it went like this so we could calm the Lin-sanity down a little bit,” coach Mike D’Antoni said.

Lin is scripting new chapters to this fairy tale every game. Asked if he believed what’s happening to him, he said, “No.”

Lin shook off his eight turnovers, plus his four missed free throws in the fourth quarter, and scored 12 in the final period. Down three, Lin drove, was fouled by Amir Johnson and converted the three-point play to tie it at 87 with 1:05 left.

Then in the closing seconds, after Chandler grabbed an offensive rebound and got the ball back to Lin, the point guard turned to look at D’Antoni. Lin wasn’t looking to see if he should call timeout, either.

“He just called off the pick and said I’ll take it,” D’Antoni said.

Lakers 86, Hawks 78: Pau Gasol scored seven of his 20 points in the final 5:20 and grabbed 13 rebounds, as Los Angeles beat visiting Atlanta. Andrew Bynum had 15 points and 15 rebounds for the Lakers, who returned from a 3-3 road trip and improved to 12-2 at home — compared to 5-10 away. Kobe Bryant had only 10 points in 34 minutes on 5 for 18 shooting.

Heat 105, Pacers 90: LeBron James scored 23 points and nearly produced his first triple-double in 11 months, ans Dwyane Wade had 16 points as Miami became the first team in 33 years to win three straight on the road in three days.

Spurs 99, Pistons 95: Tim Duncan had 18 points and 13 rebounds, and San Antonio overcame a spirited Detroit rally to beat the Pistons for its eighth consecutive victory.

Nuggets 109, Suns 92: Arron Afflalo scored 20 points, Ty Lawson had 17 and Denver broke open a close game in the third quarter to beat short-handed Phoenix, which played without starters Steve Nash and Grant Hill (rest for both).